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I just find it hard to believe that only three members are considering a new lens. Must be nice.

Survey Participants: please be effusive about why you might what the particular lens you selected in the survey.

Information such as:

Manufacturer

Specific lens name

Price you are looking to pay (realistic, not fantasy)

Retailer you are considering as a source for your lens

Subject matter you are planning to frame with this particular lens

Lenses you may be retiring

Years you have been using what you already have

Have you ever dropped you camera/lenses (if so, how many times?)

Are you expecting to treat this new lens better?

If you are not considering a new lens, what is it that you have that is so darn great that you do not have to? 'Fess up

Just for starters...

Remember, we all have to start with something.

Last edited by DonSchap; 05-22-2011 at 01:19 AM.

Don Schap - BFA, Digital Photography A Photographer Is ForeverLook, I did not create the optical laws of the Universe ... I simply learned to deal with them.
Remember: It is usually the GLASS, not the camera (except for moving to Full Frame), that gives you the most improvement in your photography.flickr® & Sdi

I did purchase a 28-135mm off of Ebay. Paid too much for it (I think) but really wanted that area of coverage. Also got a phone call from my brother in Washington State, he shoots Canon and said that one of the women who work with him knew he was into photography and gave him a camera bag with an old film camera in it. He called me and asked if I knew anything about older Minolta stuff since I am using Sony. He is shipping me the mint condition 70-210 F4 and the 35-70mm Mini Beercan that was in the bag. Said the women was gonna through it away, but decided to give it to someone who might use it.
Can't possibly describe the smile on my face right now Hope to post pictures soon, maybe even this weekend.

35mm...

I have to say, it really is hard to go wrong with a 70-400mm f/4-5.6 G SSM. Outdoors, it solves so many issues, instantly, it is kind of scary. Indoors... with some added brilliance, it can be a real trooper.

Superior zoom, I guess.

My next choice is glass will have to be something other than the Sigma AF 120-300mm f/2.8 DG EX APO HSM, which I had originally chosen, but SIGMA put the kibosh on manufacturing for the SONY mount. So, running down the gear list, where I suppose I could be considered a little "soft," I am torn between the SONY CZ 24mm f/2 or the SONY AF 35mm f/1.4 G

The 35mm is the more likely of the two, since my only Full Frame 35mm PRIME is the MF Tilt/Shift f/3.5

So, that's the one. I have looked about for a Minolta AF 35mm f/2, but they are extremely rare... and for some silly reason, Rokinon (Samyang) thinks that they can jerk $499 out of people for their new manual focus, manual aperture 35mm f/1.4. I say thee, "Nay!" That's way over the line for a manual lens.

I mean, yes, I do own a MF 135mm f/2.8[4.5] STF, which was a pricey mother... but, arguably, that lens is one-of-a-kind and it also has electronic aperture. There really is no other lens that can provide what it does, so SONY has you over a rope. But with a pretty much ordinary 35mm f/1.4? I feel it is too limited a market for the South Koreans to try and pull on the Full Frame masses for $500, in my estimation. $300, yes ... I would be a customer, but I will go all the way to the SONY 35mm f/1.4 G and get it all. Sorry, this just bugs me.

Last edited by DonSchap; 06-12-2011 at 03:56 PM.

Don Schap - BFA, Digital Photography A Photographer Is ForeverLook, I did not create the optical laws of the Universe ... I simply learned to deal with them.
Remember: It is usually the GLASS, not the camera (except for moving to Full Frame), that gives you the most improvement in your photography.flickr® & Sdi